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MCAT Co-Response Program

Award Number: H79SM087240
ORGANIZATION: CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
OPDIV: SAMHSA
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2022
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2026

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MCAT Co-Response Program - The Neighborhood Center, Inc.'s (TNC) Mobile Crisis Assessment Team (MCAT) provides 24/7 crisis intervention services to children & adults in a 6 county region of NY State. We will expand our co-response teams, MCAT providers & Peer Advocate resources in Oneida & Herkimer Counties to provide increased access to services on a 24/7 basis & with two providers responding. We seek to establish co-response programs with Oneida County Sheriff (OCS) & Herkimer Police Department (HPD), to expand our existing Crisis Response Team (CRT) with the Utica Police Department (UPD) & create additional Crisis Counselor (CC) & Peer Advocate positions within the general MCAT. In April 2021, TNC’s MCAT implemented a co-response team/CRT with UPD to provide crisis response services embedded in the police department & to conduct proactive community outreach to high utilizers of MCAT, UPD & local hospital services. TNC has demonstrated data that this model significantly improved mental health & substance use connection to & engagement in ongoing services, decreased involuntary transports/hospitalizations & decreased the use of force. We anticipate engaging 500 clients in the first year & 2,500 clients over the course of the grant. Our MCAT is standardized to meet the stringent guidelines of AAS & NSPL. MCAT utilizes assessments, interventions, engagement practices & tools that are evidence-based & that have demonstrated positive outcomes, such as: NSPL Suicide Risk Assessment Standards, NSPL Policy for Helping Callers at Imminent Risk of Suicide, recovery-based model, strengths-based model, C-SSRS, MI, SBIRT, CBT & & DBT, active engagement, least invasive intervention. Peers utilize EBPs like WRAP & the Hope Scale. Goal 1. Increase the capacity of MCAT while expanding access in high-need communities to provide in-person response for persons in crisis & address mental health & substance use needs 1.a. 75% of the in-person requests for in-person crisis response will consist of 2 MCAT staff or a CRT within the first 6 months of award 1.b. 80% of assessment requests will be dispatch a CC for either virtual or in-person response within 10 mins of the request within the first year of award funding 1.c. 100% of the requests resulting from 988 increase call volume in OC/HC that request in-person engagement will receive an in-person mobile crisis response within the first year of award funding 1.d. 100% of Peer Advocate staff will serve as second provider at in-person assessments/engagements with MCAT staff within the first six months of award to provide lived experience & support around mental health & SUD 1.e. The in-person response times to rural regions of OC/HC will decrease by 25% on a 24/7 basis Goal 2. Increase collaboration to improve crisis stabilization in the community for adults, children, & youth with law enforcement & 911 dispatch to increase diversion rates from Emergency Departments & law enforcement when not necessary 2.a. 100% of CRT CCs will be trained in mental health first aid to provide the training to law enforcement & dispatch personnel on a bi-annual basis 2.b. Two new CRT will be established with the use of MCAT CCs embedded in the law enforcement agencies at OC Sheriff & Herkimer PD within the first six months of the grant period 2.c. A second CC will be added to the existing UPD CRT on an evening shift to increase the outreach & accessibility within the City of Utica within six months of the grant award 2.d. MCAT will increase the current 911 OC dispatch diversion initiative by 20% within the first two years of the grant award period 2.e. CIT training will be offered to OC/HC law enforcement three times a year beginning in the second year of the award period 2.f. MCAT will initiate a 911 Herkimer County dispatch diversion initiative to divert 10% of calls within the first two years of the grant award period


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $750,000 )
2025	2025	THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, INC	624 ELIZABETH ST	UTICA	NY	13501	ONEIDA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	002	3	9/17/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$750,000
2025	2024	THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, INC	624 ELIZABETH ST	UTICA	NY	13501	ONEIDA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	2	6/30/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2025	2024	THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, INC	624 ELIZABETH ST	UTICA	NY	13501	ONEIDA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	2	2/6/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $750,000

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $750,000 )
2024	2024	THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, INC	624 ELIZABETH ST	UTICA	NY	13501	ONEIDA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	002	2	8/8/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$750,000
2024	2022	THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, INC	624 ELIZABETH ST	UTICA	NY	13501	ONEIDA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	1	4/16/2024	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2024	2022	THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, INC	624 ELIZABETH ST	UTICA	NY	13501	ONEIDA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	1	2/9/2024	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
														Subtotal = $750,000

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2023	2022	THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, INC	624 ELIZABETH ST	UTICA	NY	13501	ONEIDA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	1	7/13/2023	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2023	2022	THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, INC	624 ELIZABETH ST	UTICA	NY	13501	ONEIDA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	002	1	9/29/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2023	2022	THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, INC	624 ELIZABETH ST	UTICA	NY	13501	ONEIDA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	1	5/4/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $1,480,050 )
2022	2022	NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, INC., THE	624 ELIZABETH ST.	UTICA	NY	13501	ONEIDA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	1	9/22/2022	NEW	$749,902
2022	2022	NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, INC., THE	624 ELIZABETH ST.	UTICA	NY	13501	ONEIDA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	1	9/27/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$730,148
														Subtotal = $1,480,050

Grand Total All Awards = $2,980,050

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MCAT Co-Response Program

Award Number: H79SM087240

ORGANIZATION: CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

OPDIV: SAMHSA

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2022

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2026

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